HR Manager - Onsite - Branford

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Compensation and Benefits Administration

· Administer employee benefits package for employee groups, including union, field, employees.

· Serve as program administer for Company’s 401(k) plan, including relationship with 3rd party administrator.

· Respond to requests for employment and salary verifications. Payroll

· Process weekly payroll for employee groups, including preparation and distribution of payroll checks.

· Prepare check requests for payroll-related remittances.

· Record/monitor employee attendance.

Assists in preparation of monthly closing sheets for reconciliation of payroll detail to G/L.

· Process Workers’ Compensation paperwork. Staffing and Recruiting

· Responsible for recruitment for open positions in the Company, including screening potential candidates/resumes.

· Counsel supervisor/manager on candidate selection.

· Organize a comprehensive new employee orientation and lead new onboarding.

· Responsible for layout process and distribution of unemployment documents.

· Conduct exit interviews and relay relevant feedback to supervisor.

· Manage relationships with recruitment and temporary help agencies.

· Maintain Company profiles and monitor activity on recruitment websites (Indeed, Linked In, etc.)

Labor Law and Regulations

· Ensure the Company is in compliance with Federal and State employment law.

· Responsible for interactions with labor attorneys to resolve issues as they arise.

· Enforce management guidelines by preparing, updating, and communicating human resource policies and procedures.

· Retain historical human resource records by modernizing a filing and retrieval system for past and current records.

A bachelor’s degree in H.R. or related field.

· A minimum of 5 years of H.R. experience, preferably in the construction industry.

· Experience in policy development, conflict resolution and legal compliance.

· At least 5 years of supervisory experience.

· Strong communication and organizational skills.